Aquarium



April 5, 1932. F. E. TAYLOR ET AL l 1,852,597

AQUARIUM Filed Dec. l0. 1930 9 Trop/Vir Patented pr. 5, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE FAY E. TAYLOR AND JAMES M. CONXVAY, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI AQUARIUM Application filed December 10, 1930. Serial No.501,261.

This invention relates' to aquariums and more particularly to a combinedsteel and glass container which may be used as an aquarium or Jfor otherpurposes.

j The primary object of this invention is to produce a glass and metalcontainer of great strength and durability at a minimum cost, the metalportion of which may be stamped from a single strip of sheet metal itand formed into proper shape, welded together at a single point.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be disclosed in thespeciication, claim and drawings, in which:

12T Fig. 1 shows the sides, ends and legs of our invention blanked froma single sheet of metal.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a completed structure.

i3 Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a completed structure.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section along the line 4 4 in Fig. 2.

The preferred method of construction of i3 our invention consists of theuse of a strip of sheet metal blanked out, as shown in Fig. 1. The uppermarginal edge of the blank is provided with three angle slots,designated as 1, 2 and 3. The lower marginal edge of the C) blank isprovided with four depending -projections, designated as 4, 5, 6, and 7.Outouts for the ends are designated as 8 and 9, and for the sides, as 10and 11.

The metal is severed from the legs at 12,

i so that the lower portion 13 of the strip is turned inwardly at arightangle along the line 14, forming a substantial support for thebottom, and at the same .time strengthening the sides. Likewise, alongthe upper l5 marginal edge 15 of the strip is turned inwardly at arightangle along the line 16; likewise, the sides and ends 8 are turnedat rightangles; and, also, at 19, so that the portions 8 and 9 layparallel with each other and.

- the portions 10 and 11 lay parallel with each other and at rightanglesto the portions 8 and 9, forming a complete quadrilateral.

Vhen the metal is thus formed into sha-pe, the edges 19 and 2O arewelded together.

53 Glass sides and bottom are formed by the introduction of panes ofglass cut to snugly lit the iron framework, and which are embedded insuitable cement or putty having the characteristic of hardening underwater.

Having fully described o-ur invention, what 55 we claim as new anduseful and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

An aquarium and receptacle of the class described, comprising a. metalframe made of a single strip or" sheet metal, said frame having fourlegs cut free on two sides so as to project downwardly in the samevplane as the sides when the frame is formed into a quadrilateral, theside and end portions of said frame having both their upper and theirlower marginal edges turned inwardly at rightangles to the sides andends of said frame, glass sides, glass ends and a glass bottom disposedwithin said frame and cemented thereto.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto aflixed our signatures this 20thday of November, 1930.

F AY E. TAYLOR. JAMES M. CONWAY.

